Kalimba Medium

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Kalimba Tabs

Number tabs and letters for kalimba, with the words under each note. Starts 1 1 1 2 3 3.

Key
C major
Range
C4–C5
Length
27 notes
Melody
1881, public domain

The notes and words

Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a kalimba tuned to C.

1CRow,1Crow,1Crow2Dyour3Eboat,3EGent-3Ely3Edown4Fthe5Gstream;

1°CMer-1°Cri-1°Cly,5Gmer-5Gri-5Gly,

3Emer-3Eri-3Ely,1Cmer-1Cri-1Cly;

5GLife4Fis3Ebut2Da1Cdream.

Tines: 1 = C, 2 = D … 7 = B; each ° is one octave higher (the middle tine is 1).
  • 1C4
  • 2D4
  • 3E4
  • 4F4
  • 5G4
  • 1°C5
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Staff notation

Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s kalimba sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes

8-key kalimba

Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a kalimba tuned to C. The melody fits the 8 tines, 1 to 1°.

1CRow,1Crow,1Crow2Dyour3Eboat,3EGent-3Ely3Edown4Fthe5Gstream;

1°CMer-1°Cri-1°Cly,5Gmer-5Gri-5Gly,

3Emer-3Eri-3Ely,1Cmer-1Cri-1Cly;

5GLife4Fis3Ebut2Da1Cdream.

About this song

Melody
Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842–1913), 1881
Words
Traditional, 1881 (first verse shown)
Public domain
Melody 1881, words 1881: first published before 1931.
Source
Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 69, “Row Your Boat” (round, credited to E. O. Lyte) (1881)

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